Memoria Press Greek Studies

Memoria Press's Greek products are The Greek Alphabet, Elementary Greek I through III for grades 4-8, First Form Greek, and Second Form Greek, and its Greek programs page adds A Primer of Biblical Greek, a title from another publisher, at the end of its suggested timeline. The publisher says its Greek programs, like its Latin programs, step through the vocabulary and grammar of the language in a systematic way.

Last updated: 2026-10-15 · Every Homeschool Editorial Team

At a glance

Method	Classical, subject-specialist; the Greek page describes a systematic step through vocabulary and grammar
Worldview	Christian. The publisher says its products are developed from the perspective of a Christian worldview. The pages we read do not name a denomination. The Elementary Greek pages call the text a Koine Greek text, and the First Form Greek page says it teaches ancient Greek in preparation for further study of the Greek New Testament and Septuagint or Classical Greek authors
Grades	Product labels on the Greek page: Greek Alphabet 3+, Elementary Greek I-III 4-8, Second Form Greek 8+; First Form Greek 7+; A Primer of Biblical Greek 9+. The live classes at Memoria Academy are listed for grades 8-12
Formats	Print texts, workbooks, tests, and teacher keys; streaming pronunciation audio; streaming instructional video in the First Form and Second Form Complete Sets (DVDs and CDs are optional add-ons on the First Form page); digital flashcards in the Memoria Press App; live online classes through Memoria Academy
Cost tier	Standard (see the cost section)
Parent intensity	4 (taught at home) / 2 (with live classes through Memoria Academy)
ESA-common	Not stated by the publisher; confirm with your state program
Accredited	The print and streaming sets are not described as accredited; Memoria Academy, which offers the live Greek classes, says it is accredited by the Classical Latin School Association (CLSA)
Established	The publisher's pages do not state a development date for its Greek programs
Website	memoriapress.com

Our scoreboard (1-5)

Criterion	Score	One-line reason
Academic rigor	4	In our assessment, systematic and demanding; the publisher says First Form Greek covers approximately 130 vocabulary words and Second Form Greek over 200
Ease of teaching	2	In our assessment, Greek is demanding to teach for a parent new to it, even though the publisher says First Form Greek is written for parents and teachers with or without a Greek background and sells a teacher manual and teacher key
Content quality	4	In our assessment, a careful progression; First Form Greek is based on the publisher's First Form Latin series
Flexibility	3	In our assessment, the stages are sold as separate products and the publisher gives two suggested timelines, so a family can start at different points
Value for money	4	In our assessment, the print sets are modest in price ($76.87 for the Elementary Greek I Set, $136.89 for the First Form Greek Complete Set, retrieved October 2026); live classes cost more (see below)
Worldview scope	3	The Greek page notes that Greek was the language of the New Testament, and First Form Greek says it prepares students for further study of the Greek New Testament and Septuagint or Classical Greek authors
Visual/design	3	In our assessment, a traditional textbook presentation; the publisher describes First Form Greek's 31 two-page lessons as set on facing, uncluttered pages
Support resources	4	A teacher manual and teacher key, streaming instructional video in the Complete Sets, streaming pronunciation audio, digital flashcards in the Memoria Press App, and live classes through Memoria Academy

Who the publisher is

Memoria Press says it was founded by Cheryl Lowe and has developed a K-12 classical curriculum at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, Kentucky. The About page names Cheryl Lowe as the author of The Greek Alphabet. Its Greek page says Greek completes the study of academic vocabulary begun in Latin and was the language of the New Testament, and that its Greek programs, like its Latin programs, step through the vocabulary and grammar of the language in a systematic and easy to approach way.

The Greek programs, as the publisher's product pages describe them:

• The Greek Alphabet. The Greek Alphabet page describes an 80-page book suitable for any age from third grade to adult. It says Highlands Latin School uses the book in 5th or 6th grade over a whole year, covering about two letters per week and devoting about 30 minutes each week to Greek.
• Elementary Greek I, II, and III. The Elementary Greek page lists Christine Gatchell as author and describes a Koine Greek text designed as a full course for children as young as 4th grade that may also serve as a self-teaching program for teens and adults, with no previous knowledge necessary. Each set is labelled Grades 4-8. The Year Two page says it continues the study of vocabulary, grammar, and translation, and the Year Three page says it continues basic vocabulary, grammar, and translation and covers more complex grammar, including the future tense.
• First Form Greek. The First Form Greek Complete Set page lists Cheryl Lowe and Michael Simpson as authors and says the course is based on First Form Latin. The page recommends at least two years of Latin grammar and the Greek Alphabet Book as prerequisites, and says students who have completed Second Form Latin and the Greek Alphabet Book may begin as early as 6th grade.
• Second Form Greek. The Second Form Greek page lists Mitchell L. Holley as author, titles the course An Introduction to Hellenistic Greek, and recommends at least two years of Latin grammar and First Form Greek as prerequisites. The student text presents Greek grammar in five units.

The publisher's Greek programs page suggests the Greek Alphabet in grade 7, First Form Greek in grade 8, Second Form Greek in grade 9, and A Primer of Biblical Greek in grade 10, or, for an earlier start, the Alphabet in 4th grade, Elementary Greek in 5th and 6th, then First Form Greek. The timelines on the product pages differ slightly. The Greek Alphabet page, for example, adds Elementary Greek Year Three in 7th grade with First Form Greek in 8th and Second Form Greek in 9th, so check the page for the product you are buying.

Memoria Academy lists two live Greek courses. First Form Greek is the first year of a two-year sequence, listed for grades 8-12 (ages 13-18), worth one high school credit, and estimated at 45-60 minutes per day. Second Form Greek lists First Form Greek or its equivalent as a prerequisite and estimates 30-45 minutes per day. Check the academy's course pages for current sections and availability.

The core pedagogy

The Elementary Greek pages say the textbook has thirty weeks of daily lessons a year, which the publisher calls brief and incremental, and that the texts include memory work, grammar lessons, review work, and practice exercises. The workbook has daily exercises and copywork for memory verses and vocabulary, a tests booklet has reproducible weekly tests, and an audio companion has almost 100 tracks tied to the text.

The First Form Greek pages say the course presents grammar logically and systematically and adds weekly vocabulary reviews, more frequent recitation, and an expanded dictionary entry for Greek verbs to account for differences from Latin. The Basic Set page says the student text has 31 two-page lessons, the workbook has approximately six pages of exercises per lesson with a progression spread over four days, and the quizzes and tests booklet has reproducible weekly quizzes and unit tests. It lists the outcomes as the six indicative active tenses of the omega verb, the present of "to be," two noun declensions, first and second declension adjectives, personal and demonstrative pronouns, and approximately 130 vocabulary words. The Second Form Greek page lists all third declension nouns and adjectives, middle and passive paradigms for all six tenses, and over 200 vocabulary words.

Signature mechanics: (1) Daily lessons, thirty weeks a year in Elementary Greek, per the publisher. (2) Workbook practice, approximately six pages of exercises per lesson in First Form and Second Form Greek, spread over four days. (3) Instructional video, streaming in the Complete Sets and, for First Form Greek, on DVD; the DVD page lists 5 discs, 8 hours, and 10-20 minutes per lesson. (4) Teacher materials, a teacher manual and teacher key for First Form and Second Form Greek, and a teacher key for Elementary Greek. (5) Digital flashcards, sold as access in the Memoria Press App.

In our assessment, the publisher describes a grammar-first course with memory work, recitation, and translation exercises (see the Elementary Greek and First Form Greek pages), which is a different design from an immersion or reading-fluency program.

What the publisher says about a lesson

The pages we read do not describe a typical school day for Greek. What the publisher's pages state is the structure above: brief daily lessons in Elementary Greek; 31 two-page lessons in First Form Greek with workbook exercises spread over four days and weekly quizzes; instructional video at 10-20 minutes per lesson on the First Form DVDs; and, for live classes, the academy's estimate of 45-60 minutes per day for First Form Greek and 30-45 minutes per day for Second Form Greek.

What we think they do well

Consistency with Memoria Press Latin. The First Form Greek page says the course is based on the publisher's First Form Latin series, with adaptations for the new alphabet and other differences. In our assessment, a family already using First Form Latin has a head start on how the course is built.

Teacher materials for parents. The publisher says First Form Greek is written for parents and teachers with or without a Greek background. The Basic Set includes a teacher manual and a teacher key with answers to the workbook, quizzes, and tests, and the Complete Set adds streaming instructional video with Highlands Latin School teacher Elizabeth Pierce. The Second Form Greek Complete Set adds streaming video with Dr. Daniel Stevens, whom the page describes as Assistant Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Boyce College.

A stated dialect at each level. The Elementary Greek pages call the text Koine Greek, the First Form Greek page says it teaches ancient Greek, and the Second Form Greek page is titled An Introduction to Hellenistic Greek. In our assessment, families who want to read the Greek New Testament can see on the product pages where the publisher says the courses lead.

What we think they do poorly

A grammar-first design. Families who want an immersion or reading-fluency approach should look at programs built that way (see Alternatives), since the publisher's pages describe memory work, recitation, and translation exercises rather than immersion.

The last step on the timeline is another publisher's book. The Second Form Greek page describes a Greek Forms Series covering all the Greek grammar in three years, and the Greek programs page lists First Form Greek and Second Form Greek under that series, followed on its suggested timeline by A Primer of Biblical Greek. The Primer page shows a title by N. Clayton Croy, published by William B. Eerdmans and sold by Memoria Press for $35.99 (retrieved October 2026).

Live classes cost more than the print sets. The academy's 2026-27 class list shows First Form Greek and Second Form Greek at $645 each, against $136.89 for the corresponding Complete Set in print (retrieved October 2026). The First Form Greek Complete Set page lists the DVDs only as an optional $10.00 add-on (retrieved October 2026), so a family that wants DVDs rather than streaming must add them. Families considering the academy should budget accordingly.

Who it fits / who it doesn't

• Pick Memoria Press Greek if: you are already running Memoria Press Latin and want a parallel Greek track; you have a middle-school or older student committed to classical languages; you want preparation for further study of the Greek New Testament, as the First Form Greek page describes; you appreciate a systematic grammar approach with memory work; you are willing to budget for live classes through Memoria Academy if no Greek-reading parent is available.

• Skip Memoria Press Greek if: you want an immersion or comprehensible-input approach; you have no existing classical-language sequence and adding Greek would be an extra subject; your student is younger than third grade; you want a program without a Christian framing, since the publisher says its products are developed from a Christian worldview; you cannot commit to daily lessons, which the Elementary Greek pages describe as thirty weeks a year.

Cost honest assessment

Current prices on the Memoria Press Greek pages, retrieved October 2026:

Product	Price
Greek Alphabet Set (Grades 3+)	$32.05
Elementary Greek I Set (Grades 4-8; Sets II and III are listed at the same price on the Greek page)	$76.87
First Form Greek Basic Set	$77.11
First Form Greek Complete Set	$136.89
Second Form Greek Basic Set	$82.08
Second Form Greek Complete Set	$136.89

The Elementary Greek I Set includes the textbook, workbook, tests, teacher key, streaming audio companion, and digital flashcards. The First Form Greek Basic Set has six items and the Complete Set eight; the Complete Set adds digital flashcards and streaming instructional videos. Memoria Academy's 2026-27 class list shows First Form Greek and Second Form Greek at $645 each for the year (retrieved October 2026); the academy's First Form Greek course page lists the First Form Greek student text and workbook as required materials.

For comparison, Classical Academic Press's Greek for Children collection lists the Primer A Revised Edition Program at $135.95 and the Primer A student edition at $29.95 (retrieved October 2026), while Ancient Language Institute offers live online Greek classes and its Greek registration page shows no tuition figure as of October 2026, so families should ask it for current tuition.

ESA eligibility notes

The memoriapress.com and Memoria Academy pages that we read do not mention education savings accounts or state marketplace approvals, so we do not list any here. A family using an ESA should ask its state program whether Memoria Press and Memoria Academy are approved vendors, and whether live classes fall under a curriculum or a tuition category. Because the publisher says its products are developed from a Christian worldview, families should also check their state program's rules on religious materials.

Alternatives

• Ancient Language Institute, a family would choose ALI over Memoria Press Greek when it wants live online group classes aimed at reading fluency; ALI describes its classes that way and says it combines leading research on language acquisition with coaching from its faculty.
• Classical Academic Press Greek for Children, a family would choose it over Memoria Press Greek when it wants a Greek primer series sold with student and teacher editions; the collection page lists Primer A and Primer B, and offers Primer A as a program, a student edition, a teacher's edition, and digital resources.
• Hey, Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek!, a family comparing Greek programs can look at the Greek 'n' Stuff series; its page lists Levels 1 through 8 of student workbooks with answer keys and quizzes, and says Koiné Greek is the language of the Bible's New Testament.